根据短文内容，从A到F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。
A. A sense of humor is not an inborn ability.
B. A sense of humor can be developed in our life.
C. A sense of humor helps us from several aspects（方面）.
D. A sense of humor means more than telling jokes.
E. A sense of humor can be expressed in many ways.
F. A sense of humor helps people to better enjoy life.
【小题1】_____ As awareness of the benefits of humor increases, most of us want to get all the laughs we can. It seems that almost every day there is another new discovery about the power of humor to help us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Every system of the body responds to laughter in some important or positive way.
【小题2】_____ Many people mistakenly believe that we are born with a sense of humor. They think that when it comes to a sense of humor, “either you’ve got it or you don’t.” This is false. What is true, however, is that the ability to laugh and smile is actually something we are born with. For example, we laugh when we are tickled under the arm, even without thinking about how to react.
【小题3】_____ The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth in human infants, but that is not the same thing as having a sense of humor. (After all, when a baby laughs in his small bed we don’t rush over and say, “That kid has a great sense of humor.”) Your sense of humor is something you can develop over a lifetime. Don’t be nervous before others and try to laugh at yourself—then you will make them laugh too.
【小题4】_____ Humor includes a lot more than laughing and joke telling. Many people worry needlessly that they do not have a good sense of humor because they are not good joke tellers. More than jokes, a sense of humor requires being willing and able to see the funny side of life’s situations as they happen. In fact, one of the best definition of a sense of humor is “the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation”.
【小题5】_____ There may be a thousand different ways to express your sense of humor, but joke telling is only one of those ways. As more is discovered about how humor benefits our life, more people will be able to see and enjoy the humor when they are in a difficult situation. Life depends on air, food and water, but it is made easier to live with a good sense of humor.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 21 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The  22  cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I  23  it. You could hear the faint  24  of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was  25  because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 26  and I was able to  27  what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it  28 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step  29   the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be  30  to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit.

She tried to  31  but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.  32 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he  33 . It really made the  34  seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was  35 . I had  36  in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have  37  her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot  38 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different  39 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.

As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  40  he saved my sister’s.

21.A. picking                B. warming                  C. catching                   D. setting

22.A. bitterly                B. hardly                      C. gently                      D. perfectly

23.A. challenged                  B. witnessed                 C. enjoyed                    D. hated

24.A. ceremony                   B. tradition                   C. victory                            D. laughter

25.A. windy                        B. bright                      C. dark                         D. cloudy

26.A. quiet                          B. quality                            C. impression                D. significance

27.A. rely on                   B. focus on                   C. insist on                   D. put on

28.A. let out                 B. held on                    C. participated in               D. took place

29.A. close to               B. out of                      C. into                         D. towards

30.A. able                 B. frightened          C. content                     D. proud

31.A. evaluate               B. worry                      C. scream                            D. escape

32.A. Accidentally         B. Normally                 C. Generally                 D. Somehow

33.A. sped up               B. rose up                        C. broke down                     D. wore out

34.A. moment               B. contest                            C. comment                  D. technique

35.A. advancing                   B. breathing                  C. concluding               D. dreaming

36.A. that                            B. none                        C. neither                            D. it

37.A. hit                      B. recognized                C. missed                            D. acknowledged

38.A. how                           B. what                        C. when                       D. why

39.A. actions                B. emotions                  C. attitudes                   D. thoughts

40.A. if                               B. because                    C. as if                         D. so that

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节；满分35分）

第一节：单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

—Congratulations! I have heard that you will be a volunteer for ________2010 Shanghai Expo.

—Thank you, and I firmly believe it will be ________ great success.

A.不填; the            B. the; a                C. the; the            D.不填; a

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Mr Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his spare time. He is often pleased with his own  21 . But it is a  22 time for his neighbors when Mr Adamson plays the violin, as he  23 so badly.
One day Mr Adamson sat by a  24 and began to play the violin as usual. Mr Adamson seemed to be making  25 instead of music, but he was so  26 that he almost forgot what he was doing. Just  27 , some stones were thrown out of the windows under  28  Mr Adamson was sitting,  29 he did not pay any attention to it. The “music”  30 . After a little while, an empty bottle and a worn-out shoe were thrown out of the window,  31 . Only then did Mr Adamson know this was not the place for him to play in. Mr Adamson was very  32 . He thought, “ 33 no living people can understand my music, I should go to a place where people may appreciate my works.” So he  34 to go to a graveyard（墓地）.
He came to a graveyard where there was no other  35 except the church bell. Mr Adamson sat at a grave and thought  36 , “I must do my best to  37 that my music is outstanding.” The more he thought, the more inspired he was, and  38 he began to play his violin. Suddenly a barefoot（赤脚） stretched out from the graveyard and gave him a heavy  39 which sent him flying. His violin also dropped from his hand. Mr Adamson felt very sad  40 his works were not accepted by anyone, not even the dead.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳的选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say,“My spoken English is poor.”       I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.

First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary.

___   However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if you choose a positive attitude. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.

   __  Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn't matter.       

The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.

Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor.

A. The person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears.

B. They may try to avoid making similar mistakes next time.

C. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary.

D. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.

E. However, their spoken English does not have to remain” poor”!

F. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes.

G. The second reason lies in the reluctance of using what has just been learned.